The passage by the Bavarian Diet of a law prohibiting Schechita, the political situation of the Jews of Roumania, and the oppression of religion in Russia, were among the questions considered by the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Committee at its recent monthly meeting. Among the domestic matters taken up were proposed immigration legislation and various anti-Jewish manifestations which had been called to the Committee’s attention.
In connection with the Schechita question, Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of the Committee, had furnished a statement of the American attitude toward Schechita.
The immigration situation was reported on by Max J. Kohler, chairman of the Standing Committee on Immigration, who, with the secretary, Morris D. Waldman, represented the Committee at a hearing on various bills introduced by Congressman Samuel Dickstein, before the Committee on Immigration of the House of Representatives, on January 27. The Committee decided to take steps to combat the legislation proposed in two bills recently introduced in Congress, in conjunction with other organizations which are opposed to the registration of aliens.
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